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Posted: 1/31/2022 3:51:32 PM EDT
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My first voice HF contact was actually really cool. I'd have to go back and look at logs to see what band.
The guy was in California and - when i mentioned it was my first HF voice contact - was super nice and chatted for a bit. Even sent me a physical contact card. ETA: It really changed my perspective re actually talking to people. Before then i had been exclusively digital modes. |
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Posted: 2/1/2022 4:08:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first voice HF contact was actually really cool. I'd have to go back and look at logs to see what band. The guy was in California and - when i mentioned it was my first HF voice contact - was super nice and chatted for a bit. Even sent me a physical contact card. ETA: It really changed my perspective re actually talking to people. Before then i had been exclusively digital modes. Isn't it great how welcoming most of the hams out there can be? |
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Posted: 2/1/2022 4:55:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first voice HF contact was actually really cool. I'd have to go back and look at logs to see what band. The guy was in California and - when i mentioned it was my first HF voice contact - was super nice and chatted for a bit. Even sent me a physical contact card. ETA: It really changed my perspective re actually talking to people. Before then i had been exclusively digital modes. I wonder if my first HF contact was the same guy in California.  I didn't get a card though. He said he doesn't do QSL cards anymore, but I don't mind. |
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Posted: 2/2/2022 3:20:16 PM EDT
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40m CW in the Novice band sometime February 1984. Radio was a Heathkit HW-9 that I built with a 40m dipole, running 5 watts. I still have that radio too.
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Posted: 2/2/2022 11:18:02 PM EDT
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My first contact was sometime in 1995 from my car on a hill top in South East Idaho. First contact was on 15 meters novice band, slow CW to a man in Rochester, NY.
He was a very patient individual. |
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